Herein lies the September pistol match. Follow the rules to the letter and everyone will have a good time.

This month is stupid simple. You have no good excuse to not participate.

Target:

Download and print this target (PDF WARNING) on an 8.5"x11" sheet of paper at full size. Post at 15 feet.

Procedure:

Fire 5 shots at the target.

Scoring:

A miss is zero points. A shot on paper but not in the rings counts as one point. The first ring is two points, the second three, and the bullseye is four. A shot is considered a hit if it breaks the line of the ring. Radial tears do not count as breaking the line.

Notes:

No time limit.

Shoot from standing or seated, offhand.

No optics. If it has glass, it is an optic.

Submission:

Only shoot one scored target. You may shoot as many practice targets as you wish, but you must call your official target before you shoot it. This is not a "best of 3" competition or anything of the sort. If your practice target was better than your scored target, tough luck.

A photograph clearly showing the target or a scan of the target should be submitted for scoring in the comments of this post.

The match runs until 23:59:59 ET September 30th, 2014. Good luck, be safe, have fun.

I recognize that we're trying to make these matches more accessible for everyone, but is there anything that would prevent this from ending in a multi-way tie between literally everyone who participates?

I will make it challenging by shooting this with my buddy's 1851 Navy conversion, accurate to one minute-of-bandito.

Don't get me wrong, I'll still compete, but half the people in this sub are going to one-hole this. I probably won't, but many will. 25 ft would probably thin out the herd enough. Just my 2 cents, pls no banhammer me.

To be honest, I absolutely love it. Trigger is a little heavy but it is the best factory striker fired trigger I have ever felt. Nice solid crisp break. I am shooting better with it than I ever did with my XDM with a PRP trigger kit. Yeah the bore axis is higher than most striker forded guns but I haven't found it to be a problem with follow up shots. I also like the fact that I can completely disassemble the entire gun into like 10 pieces it's super easy. It's literally just frame, trigger group, slide, barrel, recoil spring, back plate, striker assembly, extractor and a pin. That's literally freaking it. I can completely disassemble the entire thing with no tools. I have been thinking of uploading a video on it. That's probably my favorite factor of it that I think has been completely washed over.

Dumb question from a clueless newbie: What does "offhand" mean in this context? Some googling implies that it's used to mean unsupported, strong hand only, but apparently it sometimes covers two-handed shooting too. Just wanted to clarify to be sure.

Thanks for hosting the matches! I've been meaning to shoot them, but this was the first one that I've been able to do. I plan on trying to do them every month, as it's a good excuse to get out to the range and practice! Thanks again!

Here is my target and Here is a video I took of me shooting it. Shot with my stock G34. Sorry the holes are not as clean as they could have been. My usual target stand and backing were more or less destroyed by my gf. This board was already in the bay I used so I tried to find a clean section before shooting.

I have been reading quite a lot about silencers/suppressors and constrution. And have also built four or five somewhat successful designs. I have never heard about resonance holes.. Please enlighten me!

Sorry its all wrinkled and shit. The range I went to sucks dick. Won't let you use your own targets, can't use FMJ rifle rounds, ventilation is shit, and the safety is non existent so I wanted to get in and out of there as quickly as possible.

Dead. I got banned from chat for arguing with a mod lol been playing destiny, magic, and school started. I went to shoot the match and my good indoor range was closed so I had to go to the one I hate. I was gonna do the rifle optic one but they don't allow fmj and my girlfriends printer broke so I couldn't shoot it. It woulda been terrible with my aim point but I wanted to help with participation. What's good? Haven't seen you talking shit lately lol

Are you closing your right eye when you shoot? That can be okay for target shooting, but you should try keeping them both open. Also that means you are probably left eye dominant, which might help you to know if you already didn't.

Derp, ya 13. I close my left eye, shoot with right. The triangle trick gets me right eye dominant the close both eyes and see what eye jumps trick gets me left eye dominant. But I do everything else as a righty so I shoot righty. I've always shot righty. And never thought about trying to keep both open. I guess my right eye open just looks like a lot of squint in the video.

Yeah, after watching you shoot the rifle match as well I could tell you were just squinting. I assume that P250 is your carry gun (since I can't think of a reason to buy one otherwise :P) and for defensive shooting you definitely want both eyes open. It can be hard to focus on the front sight that way, but with some practice it becomes natural very quickly.